The Japanese Creation Myth

question 100

Multiple Choice

The Japanese creation myth

• A)was identical to that of the ancient Sumerians.
• B)stated that Kusaka and his daughter Krishnu had created the earth in two days and established Japan two months later.
• C)involved the marriage of the god Izanagi and the goddess Izanami.
• D)was discarded during the Heian period.
• E)involved a great flood, similar to the stories of Gilgamesh and Noah.

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